BRIARWOOD HEALTH CARE CENTER
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Penalty
$47,867
Outcome
BRIARWOOD HEALTH CARE CENTER in DENVER, CO was fined $47,867 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 22 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
BRIARWOOD HEALTH CARE CENTER (DENVER, CO) — $47,867 in CMS Fines
Outcome: BRIARWOOD HEALTH CARE CENTER in DENVER, CO was fined $47,867 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 22 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
- Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.
- Provide care by qualified persons according to each resident's written plan of care.
- Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
- Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
How Crucible Prevents This
Crucible's continuous compliance monitoring would have flagged the regulatory gaps that led to these CMS fines — through automated survey-readiness checks, real-time deficiency tracking, staff compliance dashboards, and corrective action plan enforcement — preventing the violations before the next federal survey.
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